*RECOMMENDED TITLES FOR SUMMER READING 2007
Adler, David A. Joe Louis: America’s fighter (biography)
Ahlberg, Allan Children who smelled a rat
Anderson, Laurie Thank you, Sarah: the woman who saved Thanksgiving
Anderson, M.T. Me, all alone, at the end of the world / Whales on stilts
Armstrong, Jennifer Magnus at the fire
Aston, Dianna Hutts Egg is quiet (non-fiction)
Barbour, Karen Mr. Williams (non-fiction)
Bertrand, Lynne Granite baby
Birdsall, Jeanne Penderwicks: a summer tale of four sisters, two rabbits, and a very interesting boy
Birney, Betty Seven wonders of Sassafras Spring
Bolden, Tonya Maritcha: a nineteenth-century American girl
Borden, Louise Journey that saved Curious George: the true wartime escape of…H.A. Rey
Bower, Tamara How the Amazon queen fought the prince of Egypt
Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker President’s daughter
Burleigh, Robert Toulouse-Lautrec: the Moulin Rouge and the City of Light (non-fiction)
Carroll, Lewis Alice through the looking-glass (illus. by Helen Oxenbury)
Carson, Mary Kay Exploring the solar system: a history with 22 activities (non-fiction)
Cheng , Andrea Shanghai messenger
Chin-Lee, Cynthia Amelia to Zora: twenty-six women who changed the world (non-fiction)
Collard, Sneed B. Prairie builders: reconstructing America’s lost grasslands (non-fiction)
Crebbin, June; comp. Horse tales
Creech, Sharon Replay: a new book
Curlee, Lynn Ballpark: the story of America’s baseball fields (non-fiction)
Curtis, Christopher Paul Mr. Chickee’s funny money
De Paola, Tomie I’m still scared (non-fiction)
Delano, Marfe Ferguson Genius: a photobiography of Albert Einstein
DiCamillo, Kate Miraculous journey of Edward Tulane
Dutton Books (pub.) The art of reading (non-fiction)
Erdrich, Louise Game of silence (sequel to The Birchbark House)
Feiffer, Jules Room with a zoo
Fitch, Sheree If I had a million onions (poetry)
Freedman, Russell Children of the Great Depression (non-fiction)
Freedman, Russell Voice that challenged a nation (non-fiction)
George, Kristine O’Connell Fold me a poem (poetry)
Gerstein, Mordecai Carolinda Clatter!
Giff, Patricia Reilly Willow Run (sequel to Lily’s Crossing)
Giovanni, Nikki Rosa (non-fiction)
Greene, Stephanie Queen Sophie Hartley
Haas, Jessie Jigsaw pony
Henderson, Kathy Lugalbanda: the boy who got caught up in a war (non-fiction)
Hesse, Karen Young Hans Christian Andersen (non-fiction)
Hiaasen, Carl Hoot
Himelblau, Linda Trouble begins
Hines, Anna Grossnickle Winter lights: a season in poems & lights (poetry)
Hobbs, Valerie Defiance
Holm, Jennifer L. Babymouse: queen of the world!
Hopkins, Lee Bennett Days to celebrate: a full year of poetry, people, holidays, history…(non-fiction)
Janeczko, Paul B., comp. Kick in the head: an everyday guide to poetic forms (non-fiction)
Johnson-Davies, Denys Goha, the wise fool
Katz, Susan Looking for jaguar: and other rainforest poems
Kennedy, Caroline; ed. Family of poems: my favorite poetry for children
Kerley, Barbara Walt Whitman: Words for America (non-fiction)
Kerrin, Jessica Scott Martin Bridge:on the lookout! / Martin Bridge: ready for takeoff!
Lewis, J. Patrick Please bury me in the library (poetry)
Lowry, Lois Gooney Bird and the room mother (sequel to Gooney Bird Greene)
Madden, Kerry Gentle’s Holler: a novel
Menchu, Rigoberta Girl from Chimel (non-fiction)
Montgomery, Sy Tarantula scientist (non-fiction)
Muth, Jon J. Zen shorts
Napoli, Donna Jo Ugly
Osborne, Mary Pope Pompeii: lost & found (non-fiction)
Prelutsky, Jack; comp. Read a rhyme, write a rhyme: poems
Rappaport, Doreen Secret Seder
Rappaport, Doreen United no more!: stories of the Civil War (non-fiction)
Reich, Susanna Jose!: born to dance (biography)
Rodriguez, Rachel Through Georgia’s eyes (biography)
Rumford, James Sequoyah (biography)
Russo, Marisabina Always remember me: how one family survived World War II (n-f)
Ryan, Pam Munoz Becoming Naomi Leon
Sachar, Louis Small steps
Say, Allen Kamishibai man
Schotter, Roni Boy who loved words
Schwartz, David M. If dogs were dinosaurs (non-fiction)
Shulevitz, Uri Travels of Benjamin of Tudela: through three continents in the twelfth century
Sidman, Joyce Song of the water boatman
Silverstein, Shel Runny Babbit: a billy sook
Singer, Marilyn Central heating: poems about fire and warmth
Taback, Simms Kibitzers and fools: tales my zayda told me
Takayo, Noda Dear world (poetry)
Turner, Pamela S. Gorilla doctors: saving endangered great apes (non-fiction)
Uhlberg, Myron Dad, Jackie, and me
Usher, Mark David Wise guy: the life and philosophy of Socrates (biography)
Williams, Mary Brothers in hope: the story of the lost boys of Sudan
Winter, Jeanette Librarian of Basra: a true story from Iraq (non-fiction)
Winter, Jonah Roberto Clemente: pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates (non-fiction)
Woodson, Jacqueline Show way
Yoo, Paula Sixteen years in sixteen seconds: the Sammy Lee story(non-fiction)
N.B. The content of some books may not be considered suitable for younger (though proficient) readers.
*Recommended titles based on reviews from the following sources, among others: Book Links, Booklist, Bulletin from the Center for Children’s Books, Horn Book, Kirkus Reviews, Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Teacher Librarian, and Wilson’s Children.
Compiled by Constance Marr, Library Media Specialist, Davis Hill School-June 2006